Holder for fountain-pens.



' E. F. VILKOMERSON.

H OLDER FOR FOUNTAIN PENS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1915.

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Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

ELIZABETH F. VILKOMERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER non FOUNTAIN-runs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915..

Application filed June 10, 1915. Serial No. 33,365.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH F. VIL- KOMERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Fountain-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for carrying fountain pens and has forits object the provision of a device of that character which may beattached to an outer garment, such as a shirt waist, or bodice, or vest,or coat, and at a convenient point where the pen may be easily andquickly secured or removed, and which will carry the pen in a verticalposition and hold it rigidly in such a position so that it can not tiltor swing laterally, and at the same' time permit of its being easily andquickly engaged or disengaged from the holder.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be ofsightly appearance and durable and which can be economicallymanufactured.

With these objects and advantages in view the invention consists in thenovel details of construction and arrangements of parts hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation showing my device attached to a fountainpen, Fig. 2 is a front view in elevation of my device with the penremoved, Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same, Fig. 4 is a front view inperspective of the garment engaging member of my device, and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the pen engagaing member thereof.

In the drawings in which like numerals designate like parts, the numeral1 designates the garment engaging member and is formed of a single pieceof material and provided on the rear side of its top portion 2 with apin 3 pivoted as at i and engageable in a catch 5. The downwardlyextending portion 6 of the member 1 is formed integral with the topportion 2 and has a transverse slot 7 for the reception of the penengaging member.

The pen engaging member is designated as a whole by the numeral 8 andcomprises a single piece of material preferably spring metal formed as asplit spring band 9. Formed integrally upon and extending upwardly fromthe top edge and then bent downwardly upon itself is a tongue 10 bent toform a spring hook. Square shoulders 11 extend from each side of theupper part of the tongue and are adapted to keep the pen in a verticalposition and against lateral movement by abutting the portion 6 of thegarment engaging member 1. The tongue 10 is bent down upon itself andthen inwardly and then outwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, to form a bearingpoint 12. The band 9 is slipped over the pen 13 and held in position byits spring.

The pen is supported by engaging the tongue 10 in the slot 7 in theportion 6, and is held in a vertical and firm and rigid position by theshoulders 11 of the tongue bearing against the sides of the slot 7 whichbeing rectangular in shape and the tongue rectangular in cross-section,causes a snug fit and prevents any swinging movement of the pen, whilethe tongue being bent out wardly and formed of spring metal renders thedevice simple and easy to manipulate.

I have shown in Fig. 1 the band 9 secured to the cap of the pen, but itwill be obvious that the band may be attached to either the cap or thebarrel of the pen without departing from the principle or spirit of myinvention. If attached to the barrel of the pen any tendency of thebarrel weighted with ink to work itself downwardly and become loose orseparated from the cap would be obviated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a fountain pen holder having a garment engaging member, a penengaging member comprising a band having a tongue integral therewith,said tongue being bent to form a hook and provided with shoulders toengage said garment engaging member.

2. In a fountain pen holder, a pen engaging member comprising a splitband having a tongue thereon, said tongue having a square shoulder oneach side to form bearing portions and bent back on said band to form ahook, and a bearing point on said each side of said tongue to formbearing tongue. surfaces. 10 3. In a fountain pen holder, a pen engag-In testimony whereof I hereto affix niy ing member cgmprijsing a 1splitband, a signature. 5 ton ue on said and ent bac u )on itself to ,i 1 q rforih a hooK, said hook being hent'inward ELIZABETH VILIXOMLRSON' andthen outward to form a bearing point Vitness: adjacent its end, andshoulders formed on IDA VILKOMERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,166,282, grantedDecember 28,

1915, upon the application of Elizabeth F. Vilkomerson, of New York, N.Y.,

for an improvement in Holders for Fountain-Pens, errors appear requiringcorrection as follows: In heading to the drawings, line 3, forApplication filed Jan. 10,

1915, read Application filed June 10, 1915; page 1, line 39, for theWord engageing read engaging; and that the said Letters Patent should beread with these corrections therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 18th day of January, A. 1)., 1916.

J. T. NEWTON, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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